WebSabu was a maharaja’s elephant driver when he was cast in Elephant Boy, a Rudyard Kipling adaptation directed by documentary trailblazer Robert Flaherty and Zoltán Korda that would prove to be enormously popular. WebSabu, the elephant boy by Frances Hubbard Flaherty, 1937, J. M. Dent edition, in English

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WebNov 29, 2011 · When Sabu arrived in Britain with his older brother Dastagir, who would become his business manager, to film the studio scenes for Elephant Boy, Alexander Korda ensconced them in a spacious West End flat, which must have seemed impossibly foreign to two young people from the Karapur jungle. WebYoung animal-lover Toomai (Sabu) faces a life of impoverished orphanhood after a vicious tiger mauls his father (W.E. Holloway). Toomai finds comfort and friendship in the family's prized elephant ... knowing is half battle

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WebHOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 2 (AP)--Sabu Dastagir, the movies' Elephant Boy, died of a heart attack today in his home at Chatsworth. He was 39 years old. View Full Article in Timesmachine » WebNov 29, 2011 · Sabu was a maharaja’s elephant driver when he was discovered by documentary trailblazer Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who cast him as the lead in Elephant Boy, a Kipling adaptation Flaherty directed with Zoltán Korda (The Four Feathers) that would prove to be enormously popular. knowing is half the battle borderlands